By Elizabeth Taylor, WSIL 3 ABC; October 23, 2019
WASHINGTON (WSIL) — U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) sent letters to Amtrak and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to keep pressure on both agencies to figure out a way to improve on-time performances — especially on the Carbondale-Champaign-Chicago route on Amtrak.
Durbin says the on-time performances (OTP) continue to worsen because freight railroads continue to ignore their statuatory obligation to provide Amtrak with preference on their tracks. As a result, freight interference has hampered Amtrak’s financial stability as well as reliability for riders, and caused roughly 60 percent of Amtrak’s delays in FY2018.
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